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Saturday, February 7, 2015

A Month's Worth of Names (Part 1)

Due to the arrival of #4, I've been spending more time than I really should on my compy. On one parenting site I frequent, users can announce their new little one; it's divided into months.
People listing names? Don't mind me!

Now, I'm not going to list all 568 names (282 boy, 286 girl), but I did find it pretty interesting which names repeated.
(some of the spellings are rather...unique, so I'm only listing the most common)

Boys:

Alexander (7)

William (7)

Elijah (6)

Henry (6)

Jackson (5, + 1 Jack & 1 Jaxton)

Ian (5)

Mason (5)

Thomas (5)

Asher (4)

Gavin (4)

Isaac (4)

Liam (4)

Oliver (4)

Jacob (3, + 1 Jacoby)

James (3, + 1 Jameson)

Michael (3, + 1 Micah)

Benjamin (3)

Caleb (3)

Charles (3)

Daniel (3)

Jace (3)

Joshua (3)

Logan (3)

Noah (3)

Brandon (2, + 1 Brand)

Cameron (2, + 1 girl Cammie)

Dominic (2, +1 Domenico)

Lucas (2, + 1 Luke)

Nicholas (2, + 1 Nico)

Andrew (2)

Barrett (2)

Bennett (2)

Brayden (2)

Connor (2)

David (2)

Dimitri (2)

Eli (2)

Elliott (2)

Joseph (2)

Julian (2)

Julius (2)

Killian (2)

Levi (2)

Lincoln (2)

Maddox (2)

Malcolm (2)

Matthew (2)

Maverick (2)

Parker (2)

Ryker (2)

Simon (2)

Theodore (2)

Girls:

Olivia (6)

Isabella (5, + 1 Isabelle)

Riley (5)

Grace (4, +1 Gracie)

Emily (4)

Madelyn (4)

Scarlett (4)

Liliana (3, + 1 Lillian & 1 Lily)

Addison (3)

Callie (3)

Hailey (3)

Harper (3)

Hazel (3)

Hope (3)

Isla (3)

Molly (3)

Victoria (3)

Violet (3)

Lyla (2, + 1 Layla & 1 Lyra)

Abby (2, + 1 Abigail)

Adelyn (2, + 1 Adalina)

Annabelle (2, + 1 Annabella)

Aubrey (2, + 1 Audrey)

Eva (2, + 1 Ava)

Everly (2, +1 Everlyse)

Mia (2, + 1 Maya)

Nora (2, + 1 Nova)

Aislinn (2)

Alaina (2)

Annora (2)

Azalea (2)

Carly (2)

Caroline (2)

Carter (2)

Charlotte (2)

Cheyenne (2)

Clementine (2)

Eliza (2)

Ellie (2)

Emery (2)

Emma (2)

Hadley (2)

Kaylee (2)

Leah (2)

Lola (2)

Lydia (2)

Mila (2)

Sophia (2)

Vivian (2)

Zoey (2)

Both:

Avery (2 boys; 4 girls)

Aiden (4 boys; 1 girl)

Kai (2 boys; 1 girl, + 1 Kaia)

Cruz (2 boys; 1 girl)

Rylan (1 boy; 1 girl, + 1 boy Ryan)

Hayden (1 boy; 1 girl)

Joey (1 boy; 1 girl)

The most common boys' names, Alexander & William, were each given to about 2.5% of the boys reported, and Olivia, the most common girls', to about 2%. Interestingly, that's actually about 2x as high as we'd expect--the most common names on the SSA charts are usually given to about 1% of boys/girls. Not sure why there's such a discrepancy, but I imagine it'd be ironed out with multiple months' data.
Either that, or parents who give certain names are more likely to report it on the internet. ;)